These red beauties are all over the landscape, along the side of the roads, everywhere you look.
Here is Bailey making new furry friends.
I realized I forgot to show the backside of the ring fort so here it is: Can you see Bailey (purple shirt) at the bottom and Mark and McKenna at the top?
This is a view from the drive around Ballinskelligs ring. There are no buses allowed on these particular roads, they can't fit even if they tried. The two Islands that you see off in the distance are the Skelligs, they are world UNESCO sites that house a monastery and a home for puffin birds. We wanted to go so bad but only a small number of people are allowed each day so the price is steep, over 200 in dollars for the Fab Four. Plus the weather was bad, we would have lost our lunch . . . and it was a good lunch, one you want to keep around for a bit.
Next was a beach cove that we let the kids run out their energy on. They could not get those shoes off fast enough. BUT we got the shock of our life, Bailey found not one, but two jellyfish floating in the tide. They had both gone to jellyfish heaven but still . . . jellyfish??? on the beach??? I couldn't get a clean shot with my camera.
I went out on a limb for lunch. I tried lamb stew in a pastry pocket. Why, oh why would you put ketchup on this?? It was good, but the DC was better.
This is the what you see from Ladies View as we are driving down into the valley of Killarney.
Here is another sneak peak at the little red doors. We started counting them . . . this one was in the 60's. I'll tell you where we got . . . later!
All week we kept seeing these cute little houses. Probably 1/2 of them were empty, abandoned. I have a couple of guesses why . . . the economy is crappy in Ireland, or they are summer homes for the rich and famous of Cork, Belfast and Dublin and the summer is not happening this year. Or maybe they are brand new awaiting their new owners. I'm hoping the third assumption is the right one. They just looked so forlorn and lonely. I felt sorry for them. They need someone to take care of them, make sure that red door stays shiny and happy. Poor Poor doors.
Here is Bailey making new furry friends.
I realized I forgot to show the backside of the ring fort so here it is: Can you see Bailey (purple shirt) at the bottom and Mark and McKenna at the top?
This is a view from the drive around Ballinskelligs ring. There are no buses allowed on these particular roads, they can't fit even if they tried. The two Islands that you see off in the distance are the Skelligs, they are world UNESCO sites that house a monastery and a home for puffin birds. We wanted to go so bad but only a small number of people are allowed each day so the price is steep, over 200 in dollars for the Fab Four. Plus the weather was bad, we would have lost our lunch . . . and it was a good lunch, one you want to keep around for a bit.
Next was a beach cove that we let the kids run out their energy on. They could not get those shoes off fast enough. BUT we got the shock of our life, Bailey found not one, but two jellyfish floating in the tide. They had both gone to jellyfish heaven but still . . . jellyfish??? on the beach??? I couldn't get a clean shot with my camera.
I went out on a limb for lunch. I tried lamb stew in a pastry pocket. Why, oh why would you put ketchup on this?? It was good, but the DC was better.
This is the what you see from Ladies View as we are driving down into the valley of Killarney.
Here is another sneak peak at the little red doors. We started counting them . . . this one was in the 60's. I'll tell you where we got . . . later!
All week we kept seeing these cute little houses. Probably 1/2 of them were empty, abandoned. I have a couple of guesses why . . . the economy is crappy in Ireland, or they are summer homes for the rich and famous of Cork, Belfast and Dublin and the summer is not happening this year. Or maybe they are brand new awaiting their new owners. I'm hoping the third assumption is the right one. They just looked so forlorn and lonely. I felt sorry for them. They need someone to take care of them, make sure that red door stays shiny and happy. Poor Poor doors.
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I know someone who will give one of those little houses a little TLC. And she'll even keep the red door nice and shiny so you will enjoy it when you come to visit!
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